Jack Benny: The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny---1939

Jack Benny

(5 stars; 6 reviews)

The complete surviving broadcasts from 1939 of the beloved radio program featuring Jack Benny and his talented ensemble. These recordings capture the show as it aired live, preserving the charm and spontaneity of the performances, despite occasional flaws in the audio quality.

Jack Benny, along with Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Eddie Anderson (Rochester), and others, showcased their mastery of comic timing, making each episode a delightful experience. The music was provided by Don Bestor, Mahlon Merrick, and the Phil Harris Orchestra, adding to the show's vibrant atmosphere.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

Goodbye 1938 Hello 1939	29:36
Jack's Screen Guild Theatre Performance	29:33
Encyclopedia Britannica	28:49
Benny vs Allen Fight	29:55
Jack Challenges Fred to Fight	29:16
Jack Challenges Fred Allen to a Boxing Match	29:45
Love Finds Annie Hardy	28:52
Carmichael the Polar Bear	28:15
Jesse James (Part One)	29:38
Jesse James (Part Two)	28:41
Carmichael the Polar Bear is Sick	28:29
Jack Has a Cold	28:48
Guest Ed Sullivan	29:48
April Fool's	29:21
Four Girls in White	28:43
Phil Shoots a Movie Behind Jack's Back	29:26
Guest Binnie Barnes and Mark Sandrich	28:37
Seventh Anniversary Show	28:25
The Kentucky Derby	29:08
Gunga Din	29:58
More Gunga Din	29:49
Alexander Graham Bell	29:38
Preview of Hound of the Baskervilles	28:57
The Hound of the Baskervilles	28:48
Father's Day, Leaving for Waukegan	28:38
Last Show of the Season from Waukegan	28:48
Dennis Day's First Show	28:40
Dennis's Mother Interferes	28:18
Stanley and Livingstone	29:38
The Halloween Masquerade Party	28:42
The Women	29:23
Jack's Toothache	28:52
Mary's Thanksgiving Poem	29:38
Duck Hunting	28:34
Murder on the Gridiron (Part One)	28:51
Murder on the Gridiron (Part Two)	28:13
Christmas Eve Open House	29:04
What Are Ya Doin' New Year's Eve	30:09

Reviews

Classic comedy

(5 stars)

Rowby

Jack Benny and his team are at their best in this group of episodes. What a great team supported by first rate writing. Don Wilson is one of the top, if not the top announcers and pitchmen of the era. Of course times have changed so far as consumer food products go... At the end of “Benny vs Allen Fight” episode “Don Wilson raves about Jello Butterscotch pudding... DON: "It’s the new Jello Butterscotch pudding…. With true butterscotch flavor, and the old fashioned kind. …It’s made with fine wholesome ingredients, the kind you’d use yourself right in your own kitchen. That’s why it has that truly homemade goodness. …good as the kind your mother used to make when you were a youngster. So ask your grocer tomorrow for Jello butterscotch pudding, the real home made kind!" Now, in 2014 here’s the ingredients in today’s Jello Butterscotch pudding: Sugar, Dextrose From Corn, Corn Starch, Corn Starch Modified, Contains less than 22% of Flavor(s) Natural, Flavor(s) Artificial, Salt, Calcium Carrageenan Thickener, Polysorbate 60 Prevent Scorching, Butter, Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 1. Those were the innocent days of comedy and commercials! Rowby

Here I Am Again

(5 stars)

feekie

I'm still listening to the old Jack Benny radio programs, and these 1939 programs are still among my favorites. Besides the ones about Carmichael, I recommend The Kentucky Derby and The Women episodes. Both are really ceative and funny.